Substance use recovery / SUR-A15-1
Sleep and Routine Supports — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind sleep and routine supports and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Jordan works changing shifts and chooses a brief check-in after waking.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Routine planning must account for health, work, and access.
The idea
Routine planning must account for health, work, and access.
An ordinary example
Jordan works changing shifts and chooses a brief check-in after waking.
What this can look like
Identify one feasible anchor in the day and a backup for disrupted schedules without prescribing sleep or medical treatment.
Check the fit
What routine is flexible enough to survive a difficult day? You may disagree with the framing, use fiction, or decide that this approach is not useful today.
A useful distinction
A return to use is information for reassessing care and support, not a verdict on personal worth.
Prompts for this resource
- What part of this idea makes sense to me?
- What routine is flexible enough to survive a difficult day?
Conceptual background
Substance Use Disorders — National Institutes of Health
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.